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1
Which item was NOT in Deborah’s box of belongings that August gives Lily?
Hairbrush
Pocket mirror
Watch
Picture
2
What was the controversy surrounding the rumors about the movie star Jack Palance who was coming to Tiburon?
He was planning to sit with a black woman at the movies.
He was a major racist.
He was very violent.
He was coming to register black voters.
3
Which of the following does Lily do while waiting for Zach at the lawyer’s office?
Calls her dad on the office phone.
Asks the lawyer about pressing child abuse charges.
Writes Zack a love note.
Steals a letter opener
4
What profession does Zach want to pursue?
Newspaper reporter
Lawyer
Dentist
Professional football player
5
Why is Zach arrested?
He refused to give up his seat on a public bus to a white man.
He stole a book from the lawyer’s office.
He didn't give up the name of the friend who threw a bottle at a white man.
He took Lily to the movies, and they sat together in the “colored section.”
6
At the creek, Lily goes swimming, but Rosaleen refuses to get in the water.
False
True
7
Name one item Lily has of her mother’s that she keeps in a box hidden away from T.Ray.
A piece of wood with Mary on it
a hairbrush
peaches
honeycomb
8
What important achievement does Rosaleen make in this chapter?
She filed charges against the men who beat her.
She learns to read.
She registers to vote.
She goes back to school to get her diploma.
9
Who has a major fight with June in this chapter?
Lily
Neil
August
Zach
10
August knew Lily’s mother because she purchased honey from August every week.
False
True
11
How does June use her musical talents for good?
She teaches children to play instruments.
She plays for those who are dying
She plays the organ at church.
She plays in charity concerts
12
Deborah had an imaginary friend as a child.
False
True
13
August and June felt uneasy because they never found a suicide note.
False
True
14
What did Lily do to express her anger about her mother leaving her?
Break her mother’s things.
Throw jars of honey.
Tear her mother’s picture into many pieces.
Shoot darts at her mother’s picture.
15
Lily tells the policeman that she is an orphan.
True
False
16
Why was Neil acting so jittery the morning of Mary Day?
He is about to break up with June & doesn’t know how to let her down easy.
He forgot to bring the necessary ingredients for the Mary cake.
He plans to ask June to marry him but isn’t sure if she will say “Yes.”
He is about to be named principal of the 1st integrated school in his town.
17
The policeman recognized Rosaleen from a wanted poster, but he didn’t turn her in because he knew she would be killed.
True
False
18
What do the people do to the statue of Mary at the celebration that seems unusual?
Eat off of the statue.
Pour gasoline on it and light it on fire.
Carve their initials in the statue.
Bathe the statue in honey.
19
May drowned herself in the river near the Wailing Wall.
False
True
20
What does Lily see May do about the roaches in the kitchen that stuns Lily?
May tries to lure them out of the house with marshmallows & graham crackers
May builds them a little house out of Popsicle sticks.
May makes them a pool out of an old plastic container.
May sprays them with insecticide & stomps on them to be sure they are dead
21
What is the word that August and Lily discuss a lot in this chapter? (Eskimo language has 32 words for it)
Forgiveness
Hope
Grace
Love
22
What does Rosaleen do while in town that makes white men so mad?
Registers to vote at the courthouse.
Pours snuff juice on white men’s shoes
Stomps on a white man’s foot.
Tells a white man that he is an idiot.
23
In what year does the novel take place?
1964
1957
1962
1944
24
Who helps Lily clean the honey house?
Rosaleen
Zach
August
June
25
What does Rosaleen take from the church?
A hymnal
paper fans
A bible
A pen to sign her name at the voter registry
26
Who does Lily and Rosaleen NOT meet at the Boatright’s house?
June
May
July
August
27
Lily mentions several famous people in this chapter. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Robert Frost
Malcolm X
28
How does Lily explain where her parents are?
She says they are both in jail.
She says they are on a trip and have not returned.
She says they are both dead.
She says they are waiting for her in Virginia with her aunt.
29
What does T-Ray do for a living?
Lawn care company owner
Mechanic
Peach orchard owner
Used car salesman
30
What does Lily wash and carry around in her pocket that seems odd?
Mouse bones
A pair of May’s socks
Two dead cockroaches
Her mother’s hair from the hairbrush
31
What event causes Lily to realize Rosaleen really does love her?
Roasleen asks to adopt Lily
Rosaleen tells "Happy Birthday!"
Rosaleen stands up to T. Ray for Lily’s pet.
Rosaleen rescues Lily from a rabid dog.
32
Lily tells Zach about some mean boys that cruelly teased her. What did they do?
Stole her clothes from the locker room and hung them on the flag pole
Put a frog in her locker
Pulled ugly dresses over their pants to mock how she dressed.
Put a necklace of dead and dying fish around her neck.
33
Rosaleen helps explain Lily’s predicament to August.
False
True
34
What is the Marth White punishment?
Standing on one leg for 2 hours
Kneeling on grits
A major spanking with a belt
Working for a mean lady named Martha White
35
Which of the following does August say to Lily?
“You can be what you want to be.”
“Always treat others like you want to be treated.”
“Never get married!”
“The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters.”
36
What makes Rosaleen jealous in this chapter?
The sisters like Lily better.
June gives Lily a locket.
August and Lily spend a lot of time together.
May takes Lily to the movies.
37
Which of the following is NOT an example of how T. Ray treats Lily?
He locks her in her room without supper as punishment.
He discourages her from reading.
He won't take her to school activities like sporting events on Saturdays.
He does not recognize her birthdays.
38
How is May like Lily’s mother in regards to bugs?
They spray them with a mixture of perfume and pesticide.
They try to get bugs out of the house without hurting them.
They are afraid of bugs, especially spiders.
They hate bugs and squash them immediately.
39
For a few moments, T-Ray mistakes Lily for whom?
Rosaleen
His sister
His mother
Deborah
40
What made June decide to never get married?
She was stood up at the altar once.
Past boyfriends cheated on her.
Her religion does not allow marriage.
The sisters vowed to never marry.
41
What does Lily dream about her mother in this chapter?
Lily dreams that T-Ray shot Deborah and blamed it on Lily.
Lily dreams her mother is a hired assassin.
Lily dreams her mother has a cockroach body.
Lily dreams her mother is the Grim Reaper.
42
Which of the following actually happened in this chapter?
Zach decides to become a police officer instead of a lawyer.
June apologized to Lily for being so rough on her in the beginning.
Lily found a poem in the Wall that May had written about her sisters’ love.
The Mary Day celebration had to be postponed due to heavy rain.
43
Where does Rosaleen move in this chapter?
To a boarding home nearby
Into the spare sewing room in the pink house
To Maryland to be with family
Into May’s room
44
What does Lily really want for her birthday?
Make up
New clothes so the mean girls don’t whisper about her.
A locket necklace with a picture of her mother
A silver charm bracelet
45
What is Lily’s favorite color?
Red
Yellow
Pink
Blue
46
Where do the Boatwright sisters and their friends go to church?
Tiburon Church of Christ
The sisters’ pink house
At the Wailing Wall
Adams Street Baptist Church
47
T. Ray tells Lily that the law will keep Rosaleen safe, so she doesn’t need to worry about Rosaleen any more.
False
True
48
From August’s story, what did the slave named Obadiah find washed up on the shore?
An oyster with an extremely large, valuable pearl inside.
A wooden statue of a woman.
A bottle containing an important message.
A treasure chest of jewels to share with the slaves.
49
When Lily goes to the jail to see Rosaleen, she isn’t there. Where has Rosaleen gone?
another jail nearby
court
morgue
hospital
50
Why did August decide to paint the house pink?
The color made May happy.
Pink is August’s favorite color.
It was the only color left at the store.
She wanted her house to stand out.
51
Lily tells quite a few lies in this chapter. Which of the following is NOT one?
Lily tells the preacher Rosaleen wassigning hymn when attacked
Lily pretends to be the jailer's wife and calls the hospital
Lily tells the preacher Rosaleen is deaf
Lily wears a nurse costome and tells the nurse Rosaleen has been released
52
What does May eat every morning that can’t have any spots on it?
Nectarine
Apple
Banana
Orange
53
Who goes to visit Zach in jail?
Rosaleen and Lily
August and Lily
May and June
June and August
54
Which of the following is NOT done in preparation of Mary Day?
Honey cakes are made.
The statue of Mary is put in chains.
Christmas lights are hung.
New dresses are purchased.
55
What idea did August and June come up with to help May deal with her sadness?
Painting a calm scene
Wailing wall
Acupuncture
Breathing exercises
56
Who talks T-Ray into leaving Lily in Tiburon?
Rosaleen
August
June
Mr. Forester, the lawyer
57
What does Lily steal at the store?
a newspaper
food
snuff
coca-cola
58
What song does May sing when she is upset?
“Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
“Oh! Susanna”
“Happy Birthday”
“She’ll Be Coming Around the Mountain”
59
Where does Lily get the idea to go to Tiburon, South Carolina?
She knew that Rosaleen had family there and would be safe.
The name was on the back of her mother’s wooden block.
She heard T. Ray talk about Deborah living there as a child.
She saw it on a letter in her mother’s belongings.
60
Why does Rosaleen get beaten at the jail?
She curses at the jailer and other prisoners.
She refuses to apologize for snuff juice incident.
She spits in the jailer’s face and stomps on his foot.
She tells the jailer she will register to vote when she gets out of jail.
61
What does T. Ray reveal about Lily’s mother (Deborah) that devastates Lily?
Deborah really isn’t dead; she has been in an insane asylum for years.
Deborah had a severe drinking problem and had to seek professional help.
Deborah left Lily and only came back to get her own belongings, not Lily.
Deborah is alive and living a nearby town but doesn’t want to see Lily.
62
Who is the first person in Lily’s life to tell her she can be more than a beautician?
Preacher Gerald
Rosaleen
Teacher Mrs. Henry
T-Ray
63
Rosaleen and Lily hitch a ride and get dropped off close to Tiburon, S.C.
True
False
64
Where does August Boatwright let Rosaleen and Lily sleep?
porch
Parlor
August's room
honey house
65
At the end of chapter 5, what does Lily do with her mother’s name to try to feel better?
Lily draws it on the ground with honey and sleeps beside it.
Lily writes it on paper and slips it in the wall May constructed.
Lily writes it on her arm with a marker and kisses it.
Lily writes it on paper and holds it over her heart.
66
Lily learns that her mother never ran off and left her. T. Ray was lying about that part.
True
False
67
Who is Our Lady of Chains?
A woman in charge of the Underground Railroad
Black Mary
The slave owner’s wife
A slave who escaped
68
Which of the following does NOT happen in this chapter?
Lily and Rosaleen check into a hotel.
Lily lies
Lily checks the newspaper for news about Rosaleen and her.
Lily steals
69
When T-Ray arrives at August’s house, what is Lily wearing that catches his attention?
A gold whale pin
A new dress
A locket with Deborah’s picture
A watch that belonged to Deborah
70
What unusual dessert to both Lily and August enjoy?
Powdered donuts
Coke and peanuts
Chocolate cake drizzled with honey
Fruit salad sprinkled with cheese
71
T. Ray sees Lily escaping through the corn fields, but he doesn’t care enough about her to try to stop her from leaving.
True
False
72
August and June kept May’s body in a drive-by funeral home where you could pay your respects from your car.
True
False
73
Which sister doesn’t seem to like Lily and Rosaleen’s presence in the house?
August
June
April
May
74
What excuse does Lily give for her journey to this town?
She is on her way to her aunt’s house in Virginia.
She escaped from an abusive boarding school situation.
She is helping register black people to vote.
She is helping Rosaleen get back to her family.
75
What will Lily be doing at August’s house in exchange for room and board?
Working at the General Store
Helping make honey
Cleaning house
Cooking
76
What color is the honey when bees drink from elderberries instead of flower nectar?
Black
Purple
Pink
LightBlue
77
As Lily reaches out to touch the heart of the statue, what does June do?
June shouts, “No, you are not allowed!”
June steps in front of the statue.
June stops playing the cello.
June passes out.
78
How old is Lily when the book begins?
12
13
14
15
79
How do bees warn people that they are getting too close?
They bump into a people’s foreheads.
They buzz around backwards.
They secrete a foul odor.
They make an unusual warning sound.
80
Why has August never married?
She is scared to commit
She never fell in love
She and her sisters vowed not to.
She wants to be free from another’s demands.
81
Deborah married T. Ray because she was pregnant with Lily
False
True
82
What does Lily ask T. Ray before he pulls out of the driveway?
She asks if she can keep the whale pin.
She asks if T. Ray ever really loved her at all.
She asks if her mother really left her.
She asks if she really did kill her mother.
83
The store owner compares the color of August Boatwright’s house to _______.
Alka-Seltzer
Honey
Sugar
Pepto-Bismol
84
What happened years ago that changed May and made her unable to cope with sorrow?
Her twin sister committed suicide.
She witnessed a brutal murder.
Her mother died when May was young.
She was abused.
85
The ladies who attend church with the sisters wear an item that is a bold fashion statement. What is it?
Silver-glittered shoes
Black Mary pictures pinned to their tops
Elaborate hats
Large gold cross necklaces
86
Which of the following is NOT true of Zach in this chapter?
He kisses Lily on the lips.
He tells Lily they cannot be together yet, but they will someday.
He buys Lily another journal since she filled hers up with writing.
He has become more aggressive since being jailed.
87
Where is August originally from?
Raleigh, North Carolina
Miami, Florida
Richmond, Virginia
Atlanta, Georgia
88
Lily has a picture of a black Mary that was her mother's. In Tiburon, Lily sees the same exact picture on what product?
lipstick
sweet tea
honey
lotion
89
Rosaleen comments that Lily treats her like a pet dog.
True
False
90
What does Lily do that softens June and makes her laugh?
Lily sprays June with water.
Lily gives June a funny nickname.
Lily has a long talk with June.
Lily contacts Neil to come over.
91
What is the sisters’ religion?
Methodist and Baptist combined.
Catholic with a variety mixed in.
Athiest
Baptist with some Catholic mixed in.
